State

School for the Blind/Year Established

School for the Deaf/Year Established

Combined School

Other Notes

AL YES 1858
AK 1859 YES (date?)
AZ YES 1912
AR 1859 1850
CA 1860 3 schools
CO YES 1874
CT 1893 1817
DE 1969
FL YES 1885
GA 1852 2 schools
HI YES 1914
ID YES 1906
IL 1849/1957 YES (date?)
IN 1847 1843
IA 1853 1855
KS 1864 1861 YES 2010
KY 1842 1823
LA 1897 1852
ME Pre1948
MD 1853 2 schools
MA 1829 3 schools
MI YES 1848
MN 1866 1863
MS 1848 1829
MO 1851 1851
MT YES 1893
NE 1875 Closed in 1998
NV Day Only 2008
NH Send to VT
NJ 1891 1883
NM 1903 1885
NY 1831/1904 7 schools YES
NC 1845 2 schools (1894 & 1964)
ND 1908 1890
OH 1837 2 schools
OK 1897 1898
OR 1873; closing in 2010 1870
PA 1832/1887/1921 3 schools
RI Day only
SC YES 1849
SD 1900 Day only
TN 1844 1844
TX 1856 1857
UT YES 1896
VT 1912
VA 1839 YES 1906
WA 1886 1886
WV 1870 1870
WI 1849 1852
WY Closed in 2000

Source: NC Department of Health and Human Services, “Plans to Achieve Efficiencies of Scale and Ensure the Appropriate Education of Students with Visual and Hearing Impairments,” May 1, 2010, p. 47.